Trousers or skirt hanger.



No. 65|,l07. Patented June 5, I900. B. F. DIMMICK & F. P. JOHNSON.

TROUSERS 0R SKIRT HANGER.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN F. DIMMICK AND FRANK P. JOHNSON, OF DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TROUSERS OR SKIRT HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 651,107, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed December 20,1899. Serial No. 741,045. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN F. DIMMICK and FRANK P. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Trousers or Skirt Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to clothes-hangers,

and is designed to provide an improved device especially adapted for application to the bottoms of the legs of a pair of trousers, so that when the latter are suspended from the hanger the weight of the trousers will remove all wrinkles and the bag at the knee portion thereof. It is furthermore designed to provide an improved hinged or pivotal connection between the members of the device, and finally to provide improved means for clamping said members together and at the same time being adjustable to permit of the members being conveniently released.

WVith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompan yin g drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of a trousershanger constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail elevation showing the members separated or in open position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the members clamped together. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable clamping-slide.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference;

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 designate, respectively, the opposite clamping-jaws, which are duplicates in form and preferably comprising flat wooden bars. Each member is provided with a shank 3, formed from a single length of heavy wire,

which is bent intermediate of its ends to form opposite substantially-parallel side sections 4, the outer free ends of which are flared outwardly and provided with terminal eyes 5, which rest flat against the outer sides of the respective clamp members and are secured thereto by means of suitable fastenings 7, passing through the eyes and into the wooden bars.

The transverse portion of one of the shanks is twisted into a coil 8, which forms a bearing-sleeve for the intermediate portion 9 of the other shank. It will be noted that the transverse portion 9 between the opposite side sections of oneof the shanks is offset upon the inner side thereof by bending the upper portions of said sidesections, so that a convenient pivotal or hinged connection is had between the upper ends of the shanks, and the laterally-offset pivot 9 permits of the wooden bars being brought into engagement without binding of the shanks at the pivotal or hinged connection thereof.

Slidably mounted upon the shank having the bearing-sleeve is a clamping-slide 10 of substantially U shape, the extremities of the opposite sides thereof being formed into loops or eyes 11, which are disposed angularly with respect to the main portion of the slide, These eyes 11 slidably embrace the respective sections of the shank, and the opposite sides thereof slidably embrace the sections of the other shank, so that by moving the slide toward the clamp members 1 and 2 the latter may be drawn together, so as to clamp an article of clothing therebetween. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the slide may be moved to the upper end of the shank and swung laterally over the hinged connection between the two shanks, so that said slide does not embrace both shanks, whereby the clamp members may be opened or separated, as will be understood. This operation is possible by means of the slidable hinged connection afforded by the eyes 11 and also by reason of the fact that the body of the slide detachably embraces the other shank, so as to be out of engagement there with when the slide has been moved to the hinged extremities of both shanks.

It will be noted that by reason of the ang'ular relation between the body of the slide and the eyes thereof the said slide has a frictional orbinding engagement with the shanks, so that said slide will remain at any point on the shanks without the employment of any additional fastening devices. Furthermore, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, this angular disposition of the eyes 11 provides a hinged connection for the slide and permits of the latter having a rocking movement upon the shank, so that the slide may be swung over the hinged connection of the shanks, as hereinbefore described.

In the operation of the device the jaws or members land 2 are separated so as to receive the bottoms of the legs of a pair of trousers, as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings, after which the clamping-slide 10 is engaged with both shanks and forced toward the jaws, whereby the latter are firmly clamped upon the trousers-legs. The device is then hung upon a suitable hook 12, which is received between the upper portions of the opposite shanks and in engagement with the bearingsleeve. From this description it will be apparent that the trousers are suspended from the lower ends thereof, so that the weight of the trousers tends to stretch the latter, and thereby remove all wrinkles and also the bag at the knee-portions thereof. The hanger may be conveniently removed from the trousers by disengaging the clamping-slide in the manner hereinbefore set forth. It will also be understood that a skirt may be suspended by means of the present device, the jaws of the latter being applied to the waistband of the skirt, and thereby preventing wrinkling and sagging of the material at the hip portions of the skirt. Moreover, the jaws are rounded or beveled at the longitudinal edges thereof, so as to prevent the formation of creases transversely of the trousers.

What is claimed is- 1. A garment-hanger, comprising opposite clamp members, shanks for the members, which are hingedly connected at their outer ends, and a substantially U -shaped slide embracing the shanks and located between the clamp members and the hinged connection, the opposite ends of the slide being formed into angularly-disposed eyes located upon the same side of the slide, slidably embracing one of the shanks, and forming a hinged connection therewith, only when the slide is adjacent to the hinged connection of the shank.

2. A garment-hanger, comprising opposite clamp members, shanks therefor, which are hingedly connected at their outer ends, one of the shanks having opposite longitudinal sections, and a substantially U-shaped slide embracing the shanks, the opposite ends of the slide being angularly disposed upon the same side of the slide and extending toward the hinged connection of the shanks, also slidably embracing the respective sections of one of the shanks, and forming a hinged connection therewith, only when the slide is adjacent to the hinged connection of the shanks.

:5. A garment-hanger, comprising opposite members, shanks therefor, which are pivotally or hingedly connected at their outer ends, and a slide, having a slidable hinged connection with one of the shanks, and a detachable and slidably-embracing engagement with the other shank.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. DIMMICK. FRANK P. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

ALICE SLOANE DIMMICK, ANNA MORRIS DIMMICK. 

